His first enterprise was to sell aeronautical spare parts out of the boot of a car, his second to strip the platinum points off the spark-plugs of Bristol Hercules engines.

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It was a buried metal tube aimed along the irrigation ditch and loaded with explosives, bullets, ball-bearings and spark plugs.

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This division sells FRAM filters, Autolite spark plugs and Bendix friction materials to retailers like AutoZone and Wal-Mart.

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It is also a vital component of high-voltage wires, magnetic coatings for high-density hard disk drives, fiber optics, fiberglass, catalytic converters and spark plugs.

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